Acts 19:4

Acts 19:4

2 he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” So they said to him, ^a“We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.”

3 And he said to them, “Into what then were you baptized?” So they said, ^a“Into John’s baptism.”

4 Then Paul said, ^a“John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on Him who would come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.”

5 When they heard this, they were baptized ^ain the name of the Lord Jesus.

6 And when Paul had ^alaid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and ^bthey spoke with tongues and prophesied.

7 Now the men were about twelve in all.

8 ^aAnd he went into the synagogue and spoke boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading ^bconcerning the things of the kingdom of God.

9 But ^awhen some were hardened and did not believe, but spoke evil ^bof the Way before the multitude, he departed from them and withdrew the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.

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Acts 19:4 John verily baptized. His baptism was (1) of Repentance; (2) of Faith in a coming Savior. Christian baptism is (1) of Repentance; (2) of Faith in a Savior that has come, died, risen, and been exalted to the heavens; (3) is into the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit; (4) enjoys not only the promise of remission of sins, but of the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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